Endangered Species 

See also: Environment & Ecology

• ARKive
  "With the help of the world’s best filmmakers, photographers, conservationists and scientists, ARKive is creating the ultimate multimedia guide to the world's endangered species."
• Biodiversity and Conservation
  An online book about "the origin, nature and value of biological diversity, the threats to its continued existence, and approaches to preserving what is left."
• Biodiversity Hotspots
  "These are the Hotspots: the richest and most threatened resevoirs of plant and animal life on Earth."
• Center for Biological Diversity
  Activism site with information about endangered species around the world.
• EarthTrends
  A portal for environmental information, including oceans, pollution, population, economics, energy, biodiversity, and agriculture among other topics.
• The EDGE of Existence: Evolutionarily Distinct & Globally Endangered
  "EDGE species are truly one of a kind. If they disappear there will be nothing similar left on the planet. Two-thirds are receiving little or no conservation attention. Help save these remarkable species."
• EE-Link: Endangered Species
  EE-Link: Endangered and Extinct Species Lists
  EE-Link: Policy on Endangered Species
  Links to lists, facts, data, pictures, current news, laws and treaties, extinct species information, and more.
• Endangered Earth
  "The purpose of the Endangered Earth websites is to 'Put a Face on Extinction'. Through images, video and text, the Endangered Earth websites work to provide up to date and compelling content that reflects the tragic situation many species... face."
• Endangered Species International
  "We develop cutting-edge conservation science, implement this research in field projects around the world, and then link both research and results to local, national, and global policy by convening dialogues between governments, civil society and the private sector."
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. It supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world ..." and among other things, publishes an ever-updated list of threatened species around the globe.
• Kids' Planet ESPECIES Animal Fact Sheets
  Well-organized set of links to pages about various endangered species at the Defenders of Wildlife website.
• National Wildlife Federation: Wildlife
  "National Wildlife Federation inspires Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future." The wildlife gallery highlights declining and endangered animal species, primarily in North America.
• NatureServe: Endangered Species
  NatureServe: Explorer (U.S. & Canada)
  NatureServe: Infonatura (Latin America & Caribbean)
  Information on endangered species and other plants and animals.
• New Scientist: Special Report on Endangered Species
  Articles, pictures, facts, links, and more.
• NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation - Endangered Species List
  "List of Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Fish & Wildlife Species of New York State."
• A Pathfinder to the Endangered Species Act of 1973
  A legal reference to the Endangered Species Act.
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: The Endangered Species Program
  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Wildlife Management: Endangered Species
  News and information about endangered species in the United States.
• World in the Balance
  "NOVA investigates the impact of forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations."
• World Wildlife Fund: Priority Species
  World Wildlife Fund: Species
  Information on endangered species, trade in endangered species. climate change, and related topics.

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